Clashes in HC campus, many injured

In another incident, devotees of the seer and members of the Makkal Kalai Ilakkiya Kuzhu, who stood holding placards with slogans against the Shankara mutt and the pontiff, pelted stones at each other, leaving several people from both sides injured.

Meanwhile, the Madras High Court Advocate’s Association (MHAA) president S. Prabakaran condemned the attack on the advocates at the high court premises. He demanded the arrest of Vinayagar Murali, said to be a member of the Hindu Makkal Katchi, and others who perpetrated violence on the lawyers. The high court was not a place to settle religious scores, he added. Unless appropriate action was taken against the persons who assaulted the lawyers, the MHAA would stage agitations from Tuesday, he warned and appealed to the police to provide adequate protection to the advocates.